SkillsUSA SkillsUSA Champions Spring 2010 : Page 16

TOOLBOX 3HARING 9OUR 3UCCESSES )NSPIRES -ORE 3UCCESS $ id you know that the students who ﬁrst established SkillsUSA in 1965 made public relations one of the major goal areas of their program of work? Even then, they understood the importance of making the community aware of the good work SkillsUSA members do. As a class, split into small groups and brainstorm about stories from your chapter that you think local news media might be interested in covering: a commu-nity service event, an individual student success story, anything you ﬁnd inspiring. Then, come together as a class and pick the top two or three ideas. Elect a PR committee (if you don’t already have one), and have them write press releases and contact local media representatives. Advisors, for more on this and numerous other topics related to building a thriving chapter, check out SkillsUSA’s newly revised Advisor’s Success Kit (ASK) at: www. skillsusa.org/store/cds.html . U 4HE PUBLIC IS THE ONLY CRITIC WHOSE OPINION IS WORTH ANYTHING AT ALL&#0e; °-!2+ 4 7!). &INDTHEPHOTO&#0c;WINAPRIZE .O&#0c; THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT ISN´T ABSTRACT ART&#0e; )T´S ACTUALLY A DISTORTED PART OF ANOTHER PHOTO IN THIS MAGAZINE&#0e; &IND THE ORIGINAL PHOTO AND SEND US THE PAGE NUMBER WHERE IT APPEARS TO WIN A 3KILLS53! HOODIE &#08;½RST PRIZE OR BALL CAP &#08;SECOND PRIZE &#0e; 4O ENTER&#0c; E&#0d;MAIL YOUR ANSWER&#0c; NAME&#0c; ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER TO&#1a; ANYINFO SKILLSUSA&#0e;ORG&#0c; WITH ±0HOTO #ONTEST² IN THE SUBJECT LINE&#0e; /R&#0c; SEND TO&#1a; 3KILLS53! 0HOTO #ONTEST&#0c; &#11;&#14;&#10;&#10;&#11; 3KILLS53! 7AY&#0c; ,EESBURG&#0c; 6! &#12;&#10;&#11;&#17;&#16;&#0e; /NE ½RST&#0d;PLACE AND ONE SECOND&#0d;PLACE WINNER WILL BE PICKED FROM A RANDOM DRAWING OF CORRECT ENTRIES&#0e; %NTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED BY -ARCH &#11;&#15;&#0e; #ONGRATULATIONSTOLASTISSUE´SWINNERS&#1a;%RIN"RESSLEROF-ARIETTA&#0c;'A&#0e;&#0c;AND $OROTHY-C#OYOF7OODVILLE&#0c;-ISS&#0e; U &#11;&#16; 3KILLS53!#HAMPIONS3PRING&#12;&#10;&#11;&#10; 0HOTO&#1a;,LOYD7OLF